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Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

9 reviews

bjjzoe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit, Excrement, Alcohol, Cancer, Drug use, and Drug abuse

jodean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Vomit, Death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Excrement, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Alcohol, Body horror, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, War, Sexual content, and Gun violence

aymahal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Blood, Drug abuse, and Cannibalism

longtallemm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this so much ❤️❤️❤️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Drug use, Suicide, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Drug abuse

mar's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

fun :) but also reading a whole paragraph in this 2021 book where the author desperately tries to justify using "he" pronouns for the genderless alien as default was so funny. buddy you're gonna lose it when i tell you about singular they

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcohol, Cannibalism, and Grief

cgn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I read this book in two sittings of several hours each, and the book effortlessly held my attention the entire time. I really cared about the main characters, and I loved how the story progressed. Delightful read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War, Vomit, Gun violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Cancer

Minor: Blood

annapox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Death

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Vomit

skudiklier's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book made me feel things I haven't felt in years—not since I first read An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green. I was so excited reading it, and despite how long it is I couldn't put it down, and finished it the day after starting it. I would really, really recommend this to anyone who likes sci-fi, and especially anyone who enjoyed The Martian. Major spoiler:

I just really like non-hostile first contact stories I think. When Grace first waved at the alien and then it waved back, I actually teared up a little.  (Just saying "the alien" to have as few spoilers as possible.)

   

Some of the big eureka moments made me want to screenshot them and send them to friends—like, as if they were real and we could all get excited about this huge discovery together. It's definitely a good book for a book club or to read with friends.

Compared to The Martian, this felt like it had more suspense/higher stakes, because The Martian basically had a sad ending or a happy ending (and I always assumed it would be happy). Project Hail Mary has a lot more room for complexity in terms of what a "happy" ending looks like, so I definitely felt unsure about how certain parts would end. 

I'm also glad I didn't really read the description of the book before reading it; all I knew was it was by Andy Weir (and that Hank Green liked it). It allowed me to truly learn everything along with Grace, and to be surprised by even basic functions of the plot in a really rare and enjoyable way.

Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexism, Suicide, and Vomit

Moderate: Ableism and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Dementia, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts